Mop



T. L. BONSALL.

MOP:

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7| 192i.

1,392,741. Patented 0013.4,1921;

STATES ATE a", rare rno u'as L. BONSALL, or OTTAWA,' ON'I'ARIO,- oAivAnA.

MOP. j

To all tchmn, it may concern: 1

1 Be it known that I, THOMAS L. BONSALL,

a subject o'fthe King of Great Britain, and

which the clothis securely held but from' which it may be readily removed without 1 the use of tools. 3

. Astill further object is toprovide a mop r in which the'cloth is normally held: in tension in a zframe, the frame being readily adjustable to slacken the cloth for wringing and adjustable'with equal readiness to again tion to hold the cloth intension, which :tension the -cloth..

The device consists briefly of a pair of overlapping frame members .hingedly con- 1 :nected'to one another and to aihandle socket, said members being arranged to form a toggle between the ends of which the mop cloth is connected. The two members are provided withmeans for latching them in posimeans must be manually operated to slacken the cloth but will be automatically operated by the use of the. mop. to tension the cloth and latch the frame to hold the cloth in 1v tensionvention In the drawings which illustrate the in- Figure 1 is a side view of the device in operative position, the mop .cloth being illustrated diagrammatically. 'Fig' 2 is a side elevation of. the device 'unlatched toslacken the cloth for wringing.

f Fig. is a plan View.

r ,Fig. -1:is a section on the line H, Fig. 3.

'Referringmore particularly to the drawings, 11 and l2designate as a whole a pair Jof members hingedly connected in overlapping relation by a pin 13. The remote ends ofthe members'are provided withhooklikeportions 14, the openings'15 of which are at the tops of the portions and directed J toward the hinge pin 13, as clearly shown.

A mop'cloth 16, which is. diagrammatically illustrated, is provided having at the ends enlarged portions 17 adapted tobe slipped Specification of letters Patent.

' Applicationrfiled February 7, 1921.

. between them,

Patented 0ct.4,1921. Serial No. 443,150.

in the edgewise direction of the cloth into the hooks 14: and tobe therein retainedby reason of the enlarged portions 17 being unable to pass through the openings 15 of the hooks. As clearly shown, the cloth passes from the openings of the tops and remote portions of the hooks to the under side, the cloth being stretched between the hooks .at opposite ends of the frame. As will clearly be seen in-Fig. 1, the

hooks over the members 11 and 12 are slightly out of alinement when the cloth is stretched tightly so that the frame constitutes a toggle and .downward pressure on its hinge pin 13 will tend to 'move the hook ends apart and increase the-tension of the mop. A handle socket 18 is mounted on the pin 13 and is thereby hingedly related to the frame.

The form of frame illustrated is composed entirely of heavy wire, but it will be understood fthat the frame may be constructed of other material without departing in any way from the spirit of the invention, although external appearance of the frame may be slightly'altered as a result of the different method of manufacture.

Each of the members 11 and 12 comprises a transverse central portion 19' turned at its ends away from the hinge pin and bent approximately in a circular curve in vertical planes to form the hooks 1 1. From what may be termed the inner ends of the hooks,

transverse members 20 extend a short distance toward the longitudinal axis of the frame. At the inner ends of these portions 20 the material is turned at right angles into two substantially parallel, spaced portions 21, which are looped in any suitable manner at 22 'to receive the hinge pin and then. continuedfor a short distance beyond thev pin in parallelism with the portions 21 of the other member, such continuing portions being designated 23. The portions 21 of either member may be outside the corresponding portions of the other member and, as illustrated, the'portions 21 of member 11 lie outside the portions 21- of member 12. The extremities of the outermost parts 23 are turned inwardly as at 24, so as to cross over the portions 21 lying inside them and may be turned slightly downwardly, the purpose being merely to provide rests to support the extremities of one member on the other. The extremities of the inner parts 23 are turned upwardly and then downwardly in substantially parallel planes to form loops 25 projecting upwardly above the plane of the members 11 and '12. The extremities 26 of the material beyond the loops pass under the portions 23 and are turned out wardly and slightly upwardly to form shal- -lo'w hooks engageable under the portions21 of'the other member. The lower surface of the hooks may be beveled as at 27 so that the hooks-26 may be forced'past the other member, the material :between the loops V and theihooks 14 yielding to permit passage of the hooks'and then returning to original positions to hold the :hooks in engagement 15 undertheothermember, Y

Thefhandle socket "may be conveniently r formed of a piece Vofsheet metal. -This metal is loopedin-its centralpart around'the pin 13, asishown1at28, Fig. 2, and the. two end' portions @are 1 stamped or upset to form semi-circular portions 29 which unite to form the handle receiving socket. Each of the portions is provided :at opposite sides eachpair ispro'videdcwith' one or more lugs radapted'ltobe turnedoVerFthe other flange of the; pairv to connect the i'fianges and hold the socketin handle retaining form. Oh-

ling QnriVetingI but the method illustrated is simple. HAssuming thedevicetobedn opera- 1 the frame and mop: cloth will causethetwo sframe members to; swing around the hinge pin so that theclothihangsfin a loop-between 'lJlVBPOSlblOIIZLS shown in Fig. land'that it is desired to change the mop'cloth or-wring ,the mop, the operatorpresses vthe two-loops 25'toward one;another-soas-to freethehooks 26tfr0m theother member o'lt'rthe frame.

If the mop is held offthe 'floor the weight of U the"members,--asiindicated =in Fig-:2; It will .for' clearness, shown-in an'intermediate posi- 131011 and .that in practice the movement of be understood that in Fig. 21 the parts are,

each-member-will be through approximately ,90,, soL-that'the hooks 14 willcome together.

If itis desiredto removethe mop' cloth the enlarged ends 17 are slipped in the edgewisedireotion of the cloth out. of the hooks '14.,

When the clothhasibeensqueezed dry, re-

- placed or-treated rin;any other ;n'1anner desired the frame-is returned-to cloth tensioning position .by merely pressing": the mop .down on vthev floor., 1; When pressed down- I wardly 1 the members: return to the position showninxFig. Land when su'flicient pressure f 60,

, parts-21- of-the other memberyand :fiy ou'tisrappliedsthe .hooks 26 are forced :past the ,wardly into V-locking position under "the .--turn tothe positionofrFig.-21.when lifted v ;"the side portions. fi'ithefloor, .Theimop-clothis tensionedbe' 1 the mop cloth, so that the unsupported central portion pressesdownwardly on the'floor .about-as hard as the supported ends.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim is i r l In mop fconstruction," a frame having hookedend portions,; the openings ofsaid hooks :being smaller than the space within the hooks, and a mop :cloth having enlarge- :ments at the ends" thereofinsertible by longitudinal movement of theenlargementssidewise through :"the hooks, said enlargements vbeing impassable through "the openings of the Yhooks. r V

:2; In mop construction, a'frame comprising a pair of hingedly-related membera-an extension on each member overlapping the -other=member, the extension "of one memberv being engageable 'w th the other'rm'ember to :limitIrelative' angular movement of the members in one direction and the extension of the second member. being engageable wi th the #other member to zlimitrelati've angular movement'o'fthe members in theopposite direction;

"3. A "mop:framercomprising; ai pair V of hingedly related frame members, an "exten- :sion on-eachi=of-said members overlapping the other imember, said 7 extensions being en- 'gageable wi th' the members to hold'themenibers" against relative angular movementythe Eextension ofoneof :said members being disengageable from the other member to release the members for-relative angular movement.

i 4-. A mop frame comprising a pairof members reach comprising a central transverse portion, circularly curved portions at the ends thereof forming hooks disposed in parrallelverti'cal planes, transverse portions extending inwardly from the hook portions in parallelism awithz the first named transverse portions, side portions extending at right .1 angles to 's'aid last-named transverseiportions, loops formed in said;sideyport1ons, extensions of the side portions of each-:member overlappingthe side iiportions :ot the "other member, hooksat the extremities ofisaid extensions engaging the side portions which olie-extensions overlapgandwa pin passing through the loops- 0f; said-:members and hin'g edly connecting; the :members. i 7

:5. A device-according'to claim 4;.inwhich itllG-llOOkGCl extensions ofone-member engage the side portions ofzthe otherrmember from r tbOV6,1LIICl the il'lOOkGdi extensions of the secondrmembenengage the side-portions of the V firstizme'mher drom' below-,ssaid; last "named parts, :so thatithe frame is held :against rel100kGd zPOTlJiOI1S "being disengageable from to claim 4, a mop cloth having thickened end edges engageable in the first named hooks, said thickened portions being impassable between the first and second named 5 transverse portions.

7. A device according to claim 4, in which the side portions and extensions thereof in each member are arranged out of alinement, whereby the members are disposed in angular relation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS L. BONSALL. 

